“Online” and “at-home” versus traditional healthcare

The Relationship between Complementary & Alternative Healthcare versus Traditional Healthcare

The purpose of this study is to ascertain the relationship between complementary and alternative healthcare versus Traditional Healthcare. This study finds that all forms of alternative care looked at are complements to traditional forms of healthcare. We find that higher education and being married increase the likelihood of utilizing CAM. Furthermore it is shown that white people and females ...

Online versus Traditional Grocery Shopping Stressors

Research has shown that grocery shopping is the most stressful form of shopping and it is an activity that most individuals perform on a regular basis. Grocery shopping via the Internet has the potential to reduce a number stressors associated with grocery shopping. This research confirms that shopping over the Internet reduces these stressors but creates a new list of potential stressors for c...

AT-HOME 2.0 - An Educational Framework for Home-based Healthcare

This paper intends to describe some of the primary social and cultural dynamics in South African home-based healthcare, using ethnographic case study material and design methodology. This constitutes a detailed narrative of the “care experience” in a poor community, emphasising the needs of and barriers to educational information, particularly concerning caregivers. In reaction to this context,...

Healthcare Decision Support Systems at Home

In this paper we discuss the projects of the AdvISe research lab at KU Leuven that introduce decision support systems into the homes of chronic-diseased patients or older persons. These projects aim to improve the quality of life of the subject, without increasing the health care

The secret life of teens: online versus offline photographic displays at home